Click below to download the Cornerstone Connections leader’s guide and student lesson. This week’s resources also include two lesson plans and a discussion starter video which offer different ways of looking at the topic. Each lesson plan includes opening activities, scripture passages, discussion questions, and real-life applications.
An icebreaker or something to get people focused as you begin.
Use one of the many apps available that changes a person’s picture so it looks very different. One
example is the Face Warp app which distorts a person’s face, either enlarging or reducing or totally twisting it around. This app is available through Google Play. You can find similar apps available in Apple’s app store.
You can also use Wombatica Software, or add-ons like Face Camera or Face Swap. This is a good way to engage the young people in a leadership role. They can do this with the rest of the youth either before Sabbath School or during Sabbath School by taking photos of people they all know
(like people in your Sabbath School or others well-known at your church). Prior to Sabbath School, have one person put together a collection of 5-10 photos that are distorted and have people in your Sabbath School guess as they come in to Sabbath School. Or you can view them as a group and see who can guess correctly first, or do this in teams.
Different societies have different ways of forming and practicing marriage. While each story is unique, many in North America choose their own spouse—usually through dating for a varying length of time—and could never imagine an arranged marriage. When Baby Boomers spiked the divorce rate in North America, the next generation chose to simply live together rather than even get married. Some things change, and others stay the same. There are still societies in which parents arrange the marriage for their children. Some use matchmakers who assist the parents in a mate selection for their son or daughter. And some societies require a dowry in which the suitor must provide some type of financial compensation for the bride’s father to obtain the hand of his daughter in marriage.
Depending on the size of your Youth Sabbath School, you can involve everyone or a few representatives. Here are four categories to draw out of a hat. It can be a male or a female who does the drawing, but, for this game, we are going to pretend that this represents the way they will be married. Here are six options:
TRANSITION: As we consider today’s lesson: "Winsome… And Then Some," marriage might be far down the road for many teens today. However, the person you’re becoming during your teen years will shape who you will be as well as whether you wish to marry and what type of person you might marry. And whether you get married or not, some of the qualities that make for a good marriage are also the same qualities that make for any good relationship, such as trust, respect, and support. Solid relationships don’t just happen; they are crafted over time by intentionality, while being shaped and empowered by God.
